President Mahmud Ahmadinejad says the enrichment of uranium to 20 percent is Iran's "right" and "is not a step toward a [nuclear] bomb."

Ahmadinejad told satellite television network France 24 that world powers and the UN's nuclear watchdog "should provide us with uranium at a 20 percent enrichment level, but so far they have not done so."

Ahmadinejad hinted, though, that Iran could be open to stopping 20 percent enrichment -- if the world powers offered significant concessions.

However, he added that Tehran did not expect "a miracle" out of talks in Moscow next month with the group of six world powers -- Britain, China, France, Germany, Russia, and the United States.

The UN Security Council has issued six resolutions demanding Iran suspend all uranium enrichment.